crackin' open a cold one
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Figure Skating for Hockey Players by thisisnotthenerd
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
12 Mar 2026
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The problem, Shane muses in hindsight, is that he commits to things too hard.
He puts his all into everything. He wouldn’t be who he is without it.
The fact that he can’t resist a challenge, even if it’s stupid, is more of the problem than anything else.
In which Shane has hidden talents, Ilya runs to catch up, the internet spirals, and Yuuri, Viktor and Yuri are dragged along for the ride…
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- Part 1 of crackin' open a cold one
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Celebrity Crush(ed) by thisisnotthenerd
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
22 Mar 2026
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that naming Shane Hollander as your celebrity crush does not make you gay.
It just means you love hockey.
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- Part 2 of crackin' open a cold one
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brátishka by thisisnotthenerd
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
10 Apr 2026
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Sometimes, Ilya Rozanov is just a weird guy. Obviously, the Bears aren’t going to say that to his face, not when he’ll chirp them into oblivion for it, but sometimes it just gets out of hand.
Like the late night phone calls where he’s talking aggressively in Russian. The random knowledge he has offhand about how far you can throw a human being and have them come out okay. The Russian death metal he forces them to listen to, calling it family bonding. The scars he refuses to talk about.
Cliff Marleau thinks he might be in the Russian mob. The Bratva, or whatever they call it.
Ilya doesn't tell his team about his family until they've already invented a thousand conspiracies about it. Like him being in the mob. Or having rabies.
In which Ilya Rozanov and Yuri Plisetsky are brothers, and the world changes with the most minute of connections.
Now featuring Shane and Ilya's POVs on the canon divergence starting from chapter 5.
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- Part 3 of crackin' open a cold one
- Part 1 of in all but name
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domoy by thisisnotthenerd
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
25 Apr 2026
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June 2016
Shane hefts the Stanley Cup over his head for a second time, a numb joy settling over him.
The partners and families of the Voyageurs flood down to the ice in a rush. His parents have come down, visibly proud.
And yet this year, it somehow feels a little worse, because Ilya wasn't next to them, cheering in a HOLLANDER jersey.
After coming out as friends and revealing the figure skating rivalry in their families, Shane and Ilya must face the challenges of the coming years, while Yuuri and Yuri face dilemmas of their own...
In which I ask the question: What if Shane and Ilya went to the Quebec Nordiques?
A direct sequel to brátishka, featuring social media, texting, emails, and a whole lot of canon divergence.
Extras start in Chapter 14!
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- Part 4 of crackin' open a cold one
- Part 2 of in all but name
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sem'ya by thisisnotthenerd
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
08 May 2026
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Ilya doesn't go into their game against Philly intending to hate Gritty, contrary to Shane's assumptions. He has it all worked out. It's just going to be a fun little bit that he does. Gritty has a menacing energy that should vibe well with Ilya's everything.
In their second year as captains of the Nordiques, Shane and Ilya have more challenges to face, including a team that is now aware of them as a couple, anxious new additions, flirtatious mascots, and a hockey world that is finally responding to change...
Direct sequel to domoy, wherein Shane and Ilya go to the Quebec Nordiques in this AU’s expansion draft and come out to the world, and Yuri, Yuuri, and Viktor move to Canada.
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- Part 3 of in all but name
- Part 5 of crackin' open a cold one
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ballet mishaps, or hayden pike's no good, very bad day by tasteofberries, thisisnotthenerd
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
28 Apr 2026
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Hayden picks Ruby and Jade up from ballet. He wishes he never did.
Or, Shane Hollander thirsts in public.
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- Part 6 of crackin' open a cold one
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jane dutch by thisisnotthenerd for deliciousblizzardshark
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
02 Jun 2026
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Shane Hollander has a secret life. No, not the one where he's hiding his trysts with his rival.
He's a pseudonymous hockey romance author under the alias Jane Dutch.
And the Metros WAGs have just picked up his first release for their book club...
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- Part 7 of crackin' open a cold one